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Garfield & Hecht, P.C. is Aspen's preeminent full service law firm. The firm is fast growing with additional offices in Basalt, Glenwood Springs, and Avon-Vail. The firm serves local, regional, and national clients, including major corporations and high profile individuals. The firm has a strong transactional and litigation practice. The transactional group represents buyers and sellers of real estate and businesses, tenants, realtors, landlords, retailers, developers, regional and national banks, other lenders, and does significant land use work. The firm's practice extends to municipal and special district law, homeowners associations, land use and water law, estate and tax planning, and domestic relations. The litigation practice includes complex commercial, construction, products liability, divorce, and family law. The firm has received the highest rating available from Martindale-Hubbell. One of the litigators is included in Colorado's Super Lawyers for 2008.

Statement of Practice

Commercial, Residential and Resort Law; Litigation, including Commercial, Construction, and Products Liability; Domestic Relations; Tax and Estate Planning; Municipal and Special Districts Law; Homeowners Associations; Land Use and Water Law; Business Transactions; Commercial and Residential Lending.

Representative Clients:

The Aspen Club & Spa
Bank of America, N.A.
Private Banking
Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust Company
Private Banking
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Lafarge West, LLC
Land Title Guarantee Company
Maroon Creek Club
Obermeyer Redevelopment Company
Rifle Jet Center, LLC
Stein Eriksen Incorporated
Stewart Title of Colorado, Inc.
Town of New Castle
Vail Resorts Development Company, Vectra Bank Colorado, N.A.
Wildcat Ranch Association.

Rate Information

Accepts Major Credit Cards

• Visa
• MasterCard
• American Express
• Discover

Address

The Victorian Square Building
601 East Hyman Avenue
Aspen, CO 81611, (Pitkin Co.)

Phone

Phone: 970-925-1936
Fax: 970-925-3008

Website

http://www.garfieldhecht.com

Office Hours

Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MANAGING SHAREHOLDER

Ronald Garfield (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1969, New York; 1972, Colorado. Education: Bucknell University (B.S.B.A., 1966); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1969). Member: Pitkin County, Colorado (Sections on: Real Estate; Business Law) and American (Sections on: Real Estate; Business Law, Law Office Management) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Law; Business Organization.Email: Ronald Garfield

SHAREHOLDERS

Matthew C. Ferguson (Shareholder) born New York, NY, April 4, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Tenth Circuits; 1995, Colorado. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1980); Fordham University (J.D., 1983). Former Counsel, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, LLP, now Nixon Peabody LLP, 1995. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Air and Space Law); Faculty of Federal Advocates; Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Aviation.Email: Matthew C. Ferguson

Andrew V. Hecht (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., January 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Colorado. Education: Lake Forest College (B.A., 1966); New York University; University of Denver (J.D., 1971); Georgetown University (LL.M., 1974). Member, University of Denver Law Review, 1970-1971. Law Clerk to Chief Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1971-1972. Ford Foundation Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center, 1973-1974. Member: Pitkin County and Colorado (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; General/Small Firm Practice) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use.Email: Andrew V. Hecht

Robert E. Kendig (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, July 27, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1981, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Colorado College (B.A., 1971); University of Denver (J.D., 1976). Member, Order of St. Ives. Member, Denver Law Journal, 1975-1976. Author: Annual "Survey of Colorado Law," 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 for Family Law. Member: Colorado and American (Member, Sections of Litigation and Family Law) Bar Associations., Pitkin County Bar Association (President, 2006). Fellow: Colorado Bar Foundation (The Charitable Arm of the Colorado Bar Association); American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Reported Cases: Redstone Corp. v. Fire Insurance Exchange, 715 F. Supp, 300 (D.C. Colo. 1989); In re Marriage of Grubb, 745 P2d 661 (Colo. 1987); Tenney v. Flaxer, 727 P.2d 1079 (Colo. 1986); Beth Israel Hospital v. District Court, 683 P.2d 343 (Colo. 1984); Crowley v. Glaze, 710 F. 2d 676 (10th Cir. 1983); Danburg v. Realities, Inc., 677 P. 2d 439 (Colo. App. 1984); Franco v. District Court, 642 P.2d 922 (Colo. 1982). Practice Areas: Litigation; Domestic Relations Law.Email: Robert E. Kendig

Christopher J. LaCroix (Shareholder) born Bronxville, New York, November 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; 1991, Connecticut; 1998, Colorado. Education: University of Colorado; University of Vermont (B.A., 1986); Cornell Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Formerly associated with: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (New York City) 1990-1996; National Basketball Association, Legal Department (New York City) 1996-1998. Member: Pitkin County and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Lending; Corporate Law; Business Organization; Real Estate; Trademark Licensing.Email: Christopher J. LaCroix

David L. Lenyo (Shareholder) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 1984). Member, Order of the Coif. Recipient, Wolf Scholarship. Member, University of Colorado Law Review, 1983-1984. Formerly with: Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, 1990-1994. Member: Pitkin County, Colorado and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Land Use Litigation; Personal Injury; Real Estate Litigation.Email: David L. Lenyo

Chad J. Schmit (Shareholder) born Park Ridge, Illinois, June 7, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1997, Colorado; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1990); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1994). Member: Pitkin County and Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Real Estate; Personal Injury; Construction Litigation.Email: Chad J. Schmit

OF COUNSEL

E. Michael Hoffman (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, May 19, 1957; admitted to bar, 1992, Colorado. Education: Colorado State University (B.S., 1979); University of Colorado (M.B.A., 1982); University of Denver (J.D., 1992). Member: Pitkin County, The Colorado (Member, Real Estate Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Organization; Corporate Law; Land Use.Email: E. Michael Hoffman

ASSOCIATES

Christopher D. Bryan (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, June 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2003). Member: Member: Colorado Bar Association (Chair, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Division, 2006-2007; Member, Board of Governors, 2006-2007); American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); Faculty of Federal Advocates; University of Chicago Law School Alumni Admissions Committee. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental; Land Use; Appellate Practice.Email: Christopher D. Bryan

Gregory S. Gordon (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, December 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey; 1998, New York; 2002, Colorado. Education: University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (B.A., awarded class honors, 1992); Rutgers University Law School - Newark (J.D., 1995). Federal Law Clerk to Judge Novalyn Winfield. Member: Colorado and Pitkin County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Organization; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law.Email: Gregory S. Gordon

Eric D. Musselman (Associate) born Elkhart, Indiana, July 21, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2004, Colorado. Education: Indiana University (B.S., with distinction, 1995); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Formerly with: Goodwin Procter LLP, 2001-2004. Member: Pitkin County and The Colorado Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Eric D. Musselman

Ryan L. Pardue (Associate) born La Plata, Maryland, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Colorado. Education: The College of William and Mary (B.B.A., 2002); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Land Use.Email: Ryan L. Pardue

Natasha Saypol (Associate) born New York, N.Y., September 9, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Colorado. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1992); University of Wyoming College of Law (J.D., 1998). Order of the Coif. Member, Land and Water Law Review. Formerly with, Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP. Member: Colorado Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Business Organization.Email: Natasha Saypol

PARALEGALS

Michael D. McCollum born Inglewood, California; Education: El Camino College (A.A., 1969); University of California at Santa Barbara (1972); A.B.A. Approved Denver Paralegal Institute (Certificate, 1992).Email: Michael D. McCollum

Robin White born Newburyport, Massachusetts; Education: St. Anselm College (B.A., Criminal Justice, 2001).Email: Robin White

Tammy J. Schroeder born Fillmore, Utah; Education: Colorado Technical University (B.A.). Paralegal Certification, Mesa State College.Email: Tammy J. Schroeder